Job insecurity and employee health: The buffering potential of job control and job self-efficacy

Work and Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-72

  Schreurs, Bert ^a   van Emmerik, Hetty ^b   Notelaers, Guy ^c   de Witte, Hans ^d  

^a Campus Parnas   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Control; Insecurity; Job demands; Recovery; Self efficacy; Work motivation; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951027104     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678371003718733     Document Type: Article

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